Rock, new wave, metal, pop, dance, electronica all converge in a Polysics song. We are inspired by their desire to make music that nobody has ever heard before. What do you think is the most important creative element that you’ve borrowed from Devo? You have many similarities to Devo because of your costumes and new-wave sound. BIAS is such a lovable instrument that we’ve even made a track about it.įor me, being a punk rocker is not about your hair sticking up and yelling “no future” with a middle finger in the air. We’ve been using it for such a long time that it has become an essential instrument in making/creating the Polysics sound. BIAS is an instrument you use by hitting it or by shaking it. On We Ate the Machine, you sing “Moog Is Love.” What other instruments do you believe communicate strong emotions?īIAS! The motif of our song “Baby BIAS” is about an instrument that delivers vibrations. In an e-mail interview, Hayashi talks about his “space language” lyrics, what he thinks will be the next evolution in new wave, and what will come after the band’s eighth studio release, We Ate the Machine (MySpace Records). Since then, the band has issued a compilation of its previous foreign-release albums, Polysics or Die!, and embarked on the first-ever MySpace tour. Japanese new-wave quartet Polysics can fry synapses with its sequenced vibrations, surges of thousand-gigawatt melodies, and Devo-influenced punk rock.įront man Hiro Hayashi, 30, formed the band in 1998, endured constant lineup changes, and in 2007, caught the eye of Tom Anderson, who signed them to MySpace Records after seeing them at a US show.